Mp4 to .mov: Stops at 4 kb

[JennaLaine]

Hi folks...trying to convert an mp4 to a .mov....haven't had a problem with this before until today. I've tried all sorts of adjustments. It keeps stopping once the .mov files reach 4 KB.

Here are the logs I've gotten with each time I've tried:

1st try:

Encoding started on Mon Dec 31 10:57:55 EST 2007
FFmpeg version CVS, Copyright (c) 2000-2004 Fabrice Bellard
Mac OSX universal build for ffmpegX
libavutil version: 49.0.0
libavcodec version: 51.9.0
libavformat version: 50.4.0
Seems that stream 0 comes from film source: 48000.00 (48000/1) -> 29.97 (30000/1001)

Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from '/Users/pewterreport/Documents/STORAGELABS_TINYUDF.mp4':
Duration: 00:09:35.9, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 31944 kb/s
Stream #0.0(eng), 29.97 fps(r): Video: h264, yuv420p, 718x480
Stream #0.1(und): Audio: aac, 48000 Hz, stereo
Output #0, mov, to '/Users/pewterreport/Documents/STORAGELABS_TINYUDF2.mp4.ff.mov.avi.mov':
Stream #0.0, 29.97 fps(c): Video: mpeg4, yuv420p, 800x608, q=2-9, 1809 kb/s
Stream #0.1: Audio: aac, 48000 Hz, stereo, 96 kb/s
Stream mapping:
Stream #0.0 -> #0.0
Stream #0.1 -> #0.1

2nd try:

FFmpeg version CVS, Copyright (c) 2000-2004 Fabrice Bellard
Mac OSX universal build for ffmpegX
libavutil version: 49.0.0
libavcodec version: 51.9.0
libavformat version: 50.4.0
Mon Dec 31 10:58:47 EST 2007
Seems that stream 0 comes from film source: 48000.00 (48000/1) -> 29.97 (30000/1001)
Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from '/Users/pewterreport/Documents/STORAGELABS_TINYUDF.mp4':
Duration: 00:09:35.9, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 31944 kb/s
Stream #0.0(eng), 29.97 fps(r): Video: h264, yuv420p, 718x480
Stream #0.1(und): Audio: aac, 48000 Hz, stereo
Output #0, mov, to '/Users/pewterreport/Documents/STORAGELABS_TINYUDF2.mp4.ff.mov.avi.mov':
Stream #0.0, 29.97 fps(c): Video: mpeg4, yuv420p, 800x608, q=2-9, 3274 kb/s
Stream #0.1: Audio: aac, 48000 Hz, stereo, 96 kb/s
Stream mapping:
Stream #0.0 -> #0.0
Stream #0.1 -> #0.1


3rd try:

FFmpeg version CVS, Copyright (c) 2000-2004 Fabrice Bellard
Mac OSX universal build for ffmpegX
libavutil version: 49.0.0
libavcodec version: 51.9.0
libavformat version: 50.4.0
Seems that stream 0 comes from film source: 48000.00 (48000/1) -> 29.97 (30000/1001)
Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from '/Users/pewterreport/Documents/STORAGELABS_TINYUDF.mp4':
Duration: 00:09:35.9, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 31944 kb/s
Stream #0.0(eng), 29.97 fps(r): Video: h264, yuv420p, 718x480
Stream #0.1(und): Audio: aac, 48000 Hz, stereo
Mon Dec 31 11:01:18 EST 2007
Output #0, mov, to '/Users/pewterreport/Documents/STORAGELABS_TINYUDF2.mp4.ff.mov.avi.mov':
Stream #0.0, 29.97 fps(c): Video: mpeg4, yuv420p, 800x592, q=2-9, 3188 kb/s
Stream #0.1: Audio: aac, 48000 Hz, stereo, 96 kb/s
Stream mapping:
Stream #0.0 -> #0.0
Stream #0.1 -> #0.1


4th try

FFmpeg version CVS, Copyright (c) 2000-2004 Fabrice Bellard
Mac OSX universal build for ffmpegX
Mon Dec 31 11:03:21 EST 2007
libavutil version: 49.0.0
libavcodec version: 51.9.0
libavformat version: 50.4.0
Seems that stream 0 comes from film source: 48000.00 (48000/1) -> 29.97 (30000/1001)
Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from '/Users/pewterreport/Documents/STORAGELABS_TINYUDF.mp4':
Duration: 00:09:35.9, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 31944 kb/s
Stream #0.0(eng), 29.97 fps(r): Video: h264, yuv420p, 718x480
Stream #0.1(und): Audio: aac, 48000 Hz, stereo
Output #0, mov, to '/Users/pewterreport/Documents/STORAGELABS_TINYUDF.mp4.ff.mov':
Stream #0.0, 29.97 fps(c): Video: mpeg4, yuv420p, 1584x880, q=2-9, 9586 kb/s
Stream #0.1: Audio: aac, 48000 Hz, stereo, 96 kb/s
Stream mapping:
Stream #0.0 -> #0.0
Stream #0.1 -> #0.1



Sorry that was so lengthy, folks. Any and all help would be greatly appreciated as I'm under deadline and I've got to convert this file and have it up on our company's site asap. Thanks!!

JL

[Case]

I'm not seeing any error message in any of the tries.
Did you get the 'ping' (finished) or 'donk' (error) sound that usually comes when the encoder finishes?

Input from 'foo.mp4':
Duration: 00:09:35.9, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 31944 kb/s
Stream #0.0(eng), 29.97 fps(r): Video: h264, yuv420p, 718x480
Stream #0.1(und): Audio: aac, 48000 Hz, stereo

Holy bitrate, Batman! That 31944 is 26 times more than an efficient codec like H.264 needs! Who made you source file? (It is possible that the number is off, as it could be from the header instead of calculated.)

Output #0, mov, to 'foo.mov':
Stream #0.0, 29.97 fps(c): Video: mpeg4, yuv420p, 1584x880, q=2-9, 9586 kb/s
Stream #0.1: Audio: aac, 48000 Hz, stereo, 96 kb/s

I've got to have it up on our company's site

1584x880 seems a bit large for web video?!? Video sites like YouTube go with 320x240.

You could try checking the "Decode with QT" checkbox in the Options tab, to see if that makes a difference.

And at the risk of stating the obvious, did you check for enough free disk space?